(a) The committee shall consist of at least nine members and shall include the following representatives:

(1) A representative from the University of California, Davis, to be appointed by the chancellor from the university.

(2) One member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Lake or a designee appointed by the board of supervisors who is either an employee of the county or a resident of the county.

(3) Representatives from the tribes in the communities impacted by Clear Lake, to be appointed by their respective tribal councils.

(4) The secretary of the agency or his or her designee.

(5) A representative from the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, to be appointed by that board.

(6) An expert from each of the following areas, to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Lake:

(A) Local economic development.

(B) Agriculture.

(C) Environment.

(D) A public water supplier that draws its drinking water supply from Clear Lake.

(b) The members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing powers.

(c) The members shall serve without compensation, but each of the members shall be reimbursed for his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.

(d) The chairperson of the committee shall be the secretary of the agency, or his or her designee.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 842, Sec. 1. (AB 707) Effective January 1, 2018.)